The purpose of this study is to understand Taiwan senior population status and counseling strategies. Ten years literature is sorted in this research. In the first section, this study pointed out that the domestic population data shows that what is successful aging and active ageing. In the second section, we describe the mental care strategies. From counseling for the elders, reminiscence therapy, horticultural therapy and leisure therapy discussed respectively. The last section, above-mentioned counseling strategies have in common with empowering for the elders. The result shows efficacy of these methods for seniors, and group therapy can promote their universality to expand their social circle. Based on these findings, when mental helping workers do mental care with the elders, they need to pay attention on the different mental needs between adults and the elders, the researcher also put specific proposals for promoting the elders counseling reference.